Computerchairgeneral

Yeah, fighting open source emulators is kind of like fighting a hydra. People will fork the project and one of those will probably emerge as the alternative to Ryujinx. At the same time Nintendo did manage to get an entire team of developers to exit the Switch emulation scene under penalty of breaching the settlement. It’s not going to kill Switch emulation, but they did manage to take down one of the most popular ones.

This is like getting punched in the gut and then pepper-sprayed.

So after banning adult content a few years ago, Tumblr decided to shoot itself in the other foot? It feels like the people in charge are actively trying to drive off the site’s users.

Good. I’m sure the chatbot will be back up and running soon, but anything that reminds companies there are risks to replacing humans with “AI-enhanced” chatbots is good. Unfortunately, I’m sure the lesson companies are going to take away from this is to include a disclaimer that the chatbot isn’t always correct. Which kind of defeats the whole point of using a chatbot to me. Why would I want to use something to try and solve a problem that you just told me could give me inaccurate information?

When the politicians say that they clearly mean they’re going to take away other people’s freedoms. Not my freedom. My freedom is going to be fine.

Disappointing, but not surprising. I know I’m not going to “learn” a language with Duolingo, but it’s been nice recognizing a few words and phrases when I hear them. But I don’t really trust that a bunch of overworked and underpaid contractors are going to catch every error using AI is going to introduce. At least there are already alternatives in this thread for me to look through.

Seeing MatPat being called the old internet is…something all right. Almost as disorienting as seeing all the “Who?” reactions to the news. I guess it isn’t that surprising given how huge Youtube is. I’m sure there are plenty of giant channels I’ve never heard of. That being said I’m curious to see if any more “old-school” youtubers decide to retire over the next year.

This is a very important public service announcement. Nearly every gaming site I’ve been to has had at least one “All the details you MISSED in the GTA 6 trailer!!!” article somewhere. We’ve officially entered the next phase of the GTA hype life cycle.

Every time I think Musk has written his stupidest Tweet he goes and proves me wrong. It’s honestly impressive.

Who is saying this? Halloween is almost over. We only have one week left before every store starts playing Christmas music until January.

It’s too late. She’s already here. My local Walmart threw out all the outdoor stuff in the garden section and put up Christmas trees, decorations, and lights.

Yeah. At least when nuclear war was the existential threat hanging over humanity you had the comfort that it would all be over in an instant. Now we get to watch a slow unraveling of civilization over decades while things continue to get worse. Fun times.

Xitter? Are people not just continuing to call it Twitter? Maybe if it ever becomes the everything app Musk wants it to be it will be distinct enough to justify a rebrand, but for right now it’s just Twitter with the name filed off.

Is there any other way to eat a mozzarella stick? Assuming the cheese hasn’t leaked out.

I would say B. Also, you would need a bigger basket for the head to fall into and probably a few more people on hand if you wanted to lift the head up to display to the crowd.

Why just ruin a web browser when you can try and ruin the entire internet?

Some might say it’s too early to put the Halloween stuff out, but I say we need all the time we can get. If it weren’t for Halloween the stores would start playing Mariah Carey as soon as the back-to-school sales ended.

Good times. Look how happy everyone looks! Just a fun night out stabbing the boys.